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GERARD PIQUE will announce he is retiring from football at the end of next season, according to reports in Spain. And it is claimed the Barcelona legend will look to become the club’s new president in 2021. Mundo Deportivo  say he wants to stop playing while still at the top level and he has already said he will not look to go ...

ARSENAL boss Unai Emery has launched a shock bid for Real Madrid star Keylor Navas amid doubts over Petr Cech and Bernd Leno, reports from Spain say. Arsenal boss Emery has rotated between Cech and Leno this season with neither goalkeeper being able to leave a lasting impression on their manager. Over at Real Madrid, meanwhile, Navas is widely expected to ...

ARSENAL star Mesut Ozil’s relationship with Unai Emery is the less fiery equivalent of the one Jose Mourinho had with Paul Pogba at Manchester United. That’s the verdict of Owen Hargreaves – who insists the pair “don’t fit” but that Emery still needs Ozil in certain matches. The German play-maker enjoyed almost untouchable status under Arsene Wenger but is no ...

A UK-based Zimbabwean pastor, Walter Masocha, has stepped down from his position as the leader of Agape For All Nations Church following allegations that he has slept with his married daughter. The controversial pastor who was once in the news for allegations of sexually molesting his members seems to have taken his act home. According to UK-based writer Jean Gasho, ...

ALEXIS SANCHEZ is still sad at Manchester United despite Ole Gunnar Solskjaer replacing Jose Mourinho, it has been claimed. Alexis Sanchez was signed by Mourinho for Manchester United back in January, with the 30-year-old moving to Old Trafford from Arsenal. However, while many believed the Red Devils were securing the services of a Galactico, the transfer is yet to work out. ...

Vinci is paying about 2.9 billion pounds ($3.7 billion) for a majority stake in Gatwick, adding the second busiest airport in Britain to its portfolio despite the shadow of Brexit. Expected to close by June next year, the deal to acquire a 50.01 percent stake would make Gatwick the single largest asset in Vinci’s airport network, which would grow to 46 ...

Inter Milan will play two home league games behind closed doors following the alleged racist abuse of Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly on Wednesday. The Italian side will also play a third match at the San Siro without opening the ‘curva’ section of the ground, popular with fans known as ‘ultras’. Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti said he asked for the match ...

MANCHESTER UNITED manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer insists the Red Devils are sixth in the Premier League because they do not deserve to be any higher and has highlighted three key reasons for their struggles so far this term. Solskjaer has led United to back-to-back wins over former club Cardiff and Huddersfield since taking over from Jose Mourinho last week and ...

Joseph Kabila, the outgoing president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has said long-delayed polls will happen on Sunday – even as uncertainty remains over how prepared the vast country is to hold the vote. The presidential elections, which were first scheduled to take place in 2016, have been repeatedly postponed over the past two years, angering opposition supporters ...

Serie A could be suspended after an Inter Milan supporter died following a fight with Napoli fans in which four people were stabbed. The 35-year-old Inter fan is believed to have been rushed to hospital after being hit by a van which, according to reports in Italy, was being driven by Napoli fans an hour before kick-off at the San ...